Nonet Op. 31

Johann Friedrich Schwencke (sometimes spelled "Schwenke") was born in Hamburg on April 30th, 1792 and died there on September 28th, 1852. �He studied clarinet with his uncle, H.A.F. Hartmann, but had to give it up because of tuberculosis. �He became an organist and was appointed to St. Nicholas Church in Hamburg in 1829. �Besides this fine arrangement, Schwencke also made a masterful arrangement of Mozart's Gran Partita (RFE 28, arranged for piano, oboe, violin, viola and 'cello), along with other published chamber arrangements of which the Rosewood editors are aware: �Mozart's Concerto K.622 for Clarinet (arranged for piano and string quartet); Spohr's Octet Opus 32 (RFE 45, arranged for piano, 1st violin, 2nd violin/clarinet, viola, cello and bass ad lib.); Spohr's Notturno (arranged for piano, flute, violin, viola and cello); and Beethoven's Septet (arranged for piano, violin, viola and cello). �Instrumentation includes: �flute, violin, viola, cello and piano.